Interleukin-5 (IL-5), produced by mast cells, T cells and eosinophils, mediates the activities of eosinophil differentiating factor, B cell growth factor II and T cell-replacing factor (TRF). It can increase production and mobilization of eosinophils and CD34+ progenitors from the bone marrow.…

The FPR family members including FPR, formyl peptide receptor like-1 and -2 (FPRL1, FPRL2), are differently expressed in phagocytes with neutrophils expressing FPR and FPRL1 and monocytes/macrophages expressing all three. FPRL1 may constitute an additional molecular target for the development of…

Generally, goat or donkey anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal antibodies are used as secondary antibodies to detect rabbit primary antibodies. However, since polyclonal antibodies recognize many epitopes, the background and cross reactivity in many assays is usually high, making results hard to interpret.…

Daratumumab (Darzalex) is a human monoclonal antibody that is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the trea™ent of multiple myeloma. Daratumumab binds to CD38 on multiple myeloma cells and induces cells to apoptose via antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity or…

Adalimumab, sold under the trade name Humira among others, is a medication used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, chronic psoriasis, hidradenitis suppurativa, and juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Adalimumab is a…

Taq DNA Polymerase is a thermostable DNA Polymerase isolated from an E. coli strain that carries the Taq DNA polymerase gene. Taq DNA Polymerase is the most common polymerase used for PCR. Note: This product is supplied with 10X reaction buffer containing 15 mM magnesium chloride. dNTP…

Signal regulatory protein alpha (SIRPa, designated CD172a), is also known as CD172 antigen-like family member A (CD172a), also called SHPS-1 (SHP substrate 1) and previously, MyD-1 (Myeloid/Dendritic-1), which is a monomeric about 90kDa type I transmembrane glycoprotein that belongs to the…

Multiple Tag is a specially designed fusion protein that can serve as an excellent positive control for western and dot blots. The fusion protein has an apparent molecular weight of ~40 kDa on SDS-PAGE and it contains 16 commonly used tags from N terminus to C terminus in the order as shown in the…

Exendin-4 is a novel 39-amino acid peptide isolated from the venom of the Gila monster Heloderma suspectum. It shares 53% sequence homology with GLP-17-36amide and interacts with the same membrane receptor. Exendin-4 enhances glucose-dependent insulin secretion, suppresses inappropriately elevated…

C-C chemokine receptor type 1 (CCR1) is a G protein-coupled receptor member of the CC chemokine subfamily of receptors. Following interaction with its specific chemokine ligands, like macrophage inflammatory protein 1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha), regulated on activation normal T expressed and secreted…

Growth Hormone (GH), mouse is a member of the somatotropin / prolactin family of hormones which play an important role in growth control. The gene, along with four other related genes, is located at the growth hormone locus on chromosome 17 where they are interspersed in the same transcriptional…

Adipolean/gArcp30 is produced and secreted exclusively by adipocytes, and is a relatively abundant plasma protein, accounting for up to 0.05% of total serum protein. It is an adipocytederived protein with wide ranging paracrine and endocrine effects on metabolism and inflammation. It is induced…

The melanocortin receptor 3, MC3 receptor, is Gs-coupled GPCRs expressed in brain, placental, and gut tissues but not in melanoma cells or in the adrenal gland. MC3 receptor knockouts exhibit a metabolic syndrome. At 4-6 months old, MC3 receptor knockout mice show increased fat mass, reduced lean…

GenScript's high-quality PACAP-related peptide (PRP), a 29 amino-acid region of the PACAP precursor protein, is synthesized in quantities sufficient for biological and structural studies. PRP has a distinct biological activity on the gallbladder that is similar to PACAP but opposite to that of VIP…

Protein A affinity chromatography resin is the most commonly applied method for the isolation and purification of IgG. Protein A is a cell wall component found in several strains of Staphylococcus aureus . It has five high affinity binding sites capable of binding specifically to the Fc region of…

Parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor (PTHR1) is a G protein coupled receptor which mediates the actions of both amino-terminal PTH and PTHrP fragments. The most abundant expression of PTHR1 is found in renal tubular cells and in osteoblasts, where the PTH/PTHrP receptor…

Fibroblast Growth Factor-10 (FGF-10) is a mitogen mainly produced by mesenchymal stem cells in lung. FGF-10 belongs to the heparin binding FGF family, and is also known as Keratinocyte Growth Factor-2 (KGF-2). It shares homology with KGF, and both KGF and FGF-10 activate the receptor FGFR2-IIIb.…

Rabbit Anti-VSV-G-tag Polyclonal Antibody is supplied as a 40 μg aliquot at a concentration of 1 mg/ml in PBS, pH 7.4, containing 0.02% sodium azide. It is purified by immunoaffinity chromatography.

Fibroblast Growth Factor-basic (FGF-basic), also known as FGF-2, is a pleiotropic cytokine and one of the prototypic members of the heparin-binding FGF family. Like other FGF family members, FGF-basic has the ß trefoil structure. In vivo, FGF-basic is produced by a variety of cells, including…

Chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 5 (CXCR5) belongs to the CXC chemokine receptor family. CXCR5 plays crucial roles in B-cells migration into B-cell follicles of spleen and Peyer patches. CXCR5 reduces maintenance of immature neural cell populations and enhances proliferation of subgranular zone…

Angiotensin receptor 1 (AT1 receptor) is a member of angiotensin receptors which are responsible for the signal transduction of the main effecter hormone. Effects mediated by the AT1 receptor include vasoconstriction, aldosterone synthesis and secretion, increased vasopressin secretion, cardiac…

eStain L1 is a highly efficient protein PAGE gel staining system, which uses Coomassie Brilliant Blue and a patented protein staining technology developed by Genscript. eStain L1 staining system integrates the traditional three steps of fixing- staining-destaining into one step and can…

Betacellulin, also known as BTC, belongs to the EGF family of growth factors. It is expressed in many tissues, such as kidney, pancreas and small intestine. Betacellulin is initially synthesized as a membrane-bound precursor containing multiple EGF-like domains in its extracellular region, and is…

A Camelid VHH Antibody (also called single-domain antibody, sdAb or Nanobody by Ablynx) is a peptide chain of about 110 amino acids long, comprising one variable domain of a heavy-chain antibody. Like a whole antibody, it is able to bind selectively to a specific antigen. VHH antibodies allow a…

This peptide is a 1 to 20 amino acid fragment of the interphotoreceptor retinoid binding protein (IRBP). IRBP is a 140-kDa glycolipoprotein residing in the interphotoreceptor matrix between the neural retina and the retinal pigment epithelium. Human IRBP peptide 1-20 contains a major epitope for…

CCL11 is a potent eosinophil chemoattractant that was originally purified from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of guinea pigs sensitized by aerosol challenge with ovalbumin. Human CCL11 cDNA encodes a 97 amino acid residue precursor protein from which the aminoterminal 23 amino acid residues are…

Defensins (alpha and beta) are cationic peptides with a broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity that comprise an important arm of the innate immune system. The a-defensins are distinguished from the ß-defensins by the pairing of their three disulfide bonds. To date, four ß-defensins have been…

Interleukin-2 receptor (IL-2R) is a heterotrimeric protein expressed on the surface of certain immune cells, such as lymphocytes, that binds and responds to the cytokine IL-2. The IL-2R is made up of 3 subunits - alpha (a), beta (ß) and gamma (?). The a and ß chains are involved in binding IL-2,…

His Tag Antibody Plate is a microtiter plate coated with THE ™ Anti His Tag Antibody. The plate is designed for capturing His tagged protein with His tag located at N-terminus, C-terminus, or internal of the protein. It can be applied for analysis of different length of His tag including…

CTLA4 or CTLA-4 (cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4), also known as CD152 (cluster of differentiation 152), is a protein receptor that, functioning as an immune checkpoint, downregulates immune responses. CTLA4 is constitutively expressed in Tregs but only upregulated in conventional T…

Receptor activity-modifying proteins (RAMPs) are a class of protein which interact with and modulate the activities of several Class B G Protein-Coupled Receptors including the receptors for secretin, calcitonin (CT), glucagon, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP).There are three distinct types…

The V5 tag is a polypeptide of GKPIPNPLLGLDST amino acid sequence that can be added to a target protein using recombinant DNA technology. It can be fused to the N-terminus or C-terminus or inserted in an internal region of the protein to facilitate detection and purification. An anti-V5 tag…